A history of modern American criminal justice
By: Joseph F. Spillane, David B. Wolcott
Contributors: Wolcott, David B.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9781412981330; 9781412981347
Subjects: Administration of Criminal justice; Criminal procedure; Case studies; Government policy; History; Punishment; Crime
Description: "This text focuses on the modern aspects of the history of criminal justice, from 1900 to the present. A unique thematic approach, rather than a chronological approach, sets this book apart from comparable books on the subject, with chapters organized around themes such as policing, courts, due process, and prison and punishment. Making connections between history and contemporary criminal justice systems, structures, and processes, this text offers the latest in historical scholarship, made relevant to the needs of current and future practitioners in the field."--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The challenge of policing, 1830s-1920s; title: Progressivism and the courts, 1890s-1920s; title: Punishment in the progressive era, 1890s-1930s; title: Dark days in the South, 1870s-1930s; title: Criminal justice research and professionalism, 1920s-1960s; title: Liberalism's twin revolutions, 1930-1960s; title: The expanding federal state, 1920s-1990s; title: The politics of law and order, 1960s-2000s; title: American criminal justice in global context, 1800s-2000s.